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joining me is danny cevallos. the president believes they were favoring one campaign. but when you look at this, are there legal grounds why the fbi might have sought to investigate this investigation? >> sure. they could have been doing anything else with russian involveme involvement. this could be a valid concern for the fbi. on the other hand, president trump's concerns are not completely out there. if there is evidence that she was from the other political party. >> supporting the house gop's request, please unmask the informant. senator warren, vice chair of the intel committee, said it would be at best, responsibility. and at worst, whpotentially illegal. at what point does this get really ugly, or is it already there? >> it is ugly. but controversial informants or human sources are an essential part of law enforcement. as a defense attorney, we find the people who have some benefit from the government or own level of cull kablt and trying to collaborate -- of cultivate and trying to collaborate. this is what happens when you deal with human sources like this. t
joining me is danny cevallos. the president believes they were favoring one campaign. but when you look at this, are there legal grounds why the fbi might have sought to investigate this investigation? >> sure. they could have been doing anything else with russian involveme involvement. this could be a valid concern for the fbi. on the other hand, president trump's concerns are not completely out there. if there is evidence that she was from the other political party. >> supporting...
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for more, let's bring in msnbc legal analysis danny cevallos. did morning, danny. >> good morning. >> what have trudy giuliani's - >> it created a lot of inconsistencies. it's true in some case a lawyer's words can bind the client. but the condition now appears to be rudy giuliani's statements were based on what he understood, as opposed to president trump's understanding of the facts. i see the legal strategy here. the legal strategy that giuliani is trying to put out there is this. michael cohen was authorized to do things for trump. michael cohen probably had a slush fund of money to help then candidate trump handle issues. michael cohen makes a decision to pay -- to pay to settle a case that really should be settled for nuisance value. and i should add that rudy giuliani's view of nuisance value of $130,000 goes against the great weight of all other corporations and how she seal nuisance value. i've been on both sides of those cases. plaintiff, defendant, when a giant conversation thinks a case is worth nothing, they make it go away for $1,0
for more, let's bring in msnbc legal analysis danny cevallos. did morning, danny. >> good morning. >> what have trudy giuliani's - >> it created a lot of inconsistencies. it's true in some case a lawyer's words can bind the client. but the condition now appears to be rudy giuliani's statements were based on what he understood, as opposed to president trump's understanding of the facts. i see the legal strategy here. the legal strategy that giuliani is trying to put out there...
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msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos is the in front of the federal courthouse in manhattan. he is covering today's hearing in the michael cohen case. bring us up to speed, sir? .what happen what happened in court today as it relates to michael cohen? >> reporter: two major things. number one, there was an update as to the status of the provision of the documents seized by the government to the special master. now, you'll remember, special master barbara jones was appointed. she's a former judge. she's basically resolving all the privilege disputes between cohen's team, trump's team, and the government. the government seized the documents and the records. they haven't looked at them yet. they're waiting for them all to go through the special master. part two was whether or not attorney michael avenatti would be allowed to appear pro hoc and intervene on behalf of stormy daniels. for the time being, the answer to that question is "no." >> danny cevallos outside the courthouse there. danny, thank you. the aforementioned michael avenatti, stormy daniels' attorney, he was in that
msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos is the in front of the federal courthouse in manhattan. he is covering today's hearing in the michael cohen case. bring us up to speed, sir? .what happen what happened in court today as it relates to michael cohen? >> reporter: two major things. number one, there was an update as to the status of the provision of the documents seized by the government to the special master. now, you'll remember, special master barbara jones was appointed. she's a former...
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josh gerstein, amber phillips, danny cevallos, thank you for joining us. >>> still ahead tonight, we're going to get reaction to all of this from a member of the house intel committee. congress man swalwell standing by. >>> plus the president serves up red meat to the crowd at the nra convention in dallas. >>> and trump says he and john kelly have a fantastic relationship. does anyone believe that, though? "the 11th hour," it is just getting started on a busy friday night. the company. get it for jean who's always cold. for the sales team, it and the warehouse crew. give us the data we need. in one place, anywhere we need it. help us do our jobs better. with domo we can run this place together. well that's that's your job i guess. ♪ ood drive thru lane.d a very mir fender bender tonight in an unreasonably narro ood drive thru lane.d a very mir fender bender tonight but what a powerful life lesson. and don't worry i have everything handled. i already spoke to our allstate agent, and i know that we have accident forgiveness. which is so smart on your guy's part. like fact that they'll j
josh gerstein, amber phillips, danny cevallos, thank you for joining us. >>> still ahead tonight, we're going to get reaction to all of this from a member of the house intel committee. congress man swalwell standing by. >>> plus the president serves up red meat to the crowd at the nra convention in dallas. >>> and trump says he and john kelly have a fantastic relationship. does anyone believe that, though? "the 11th hour," it is just getting started on a...
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josh gerstein, amber phillips, danny cevallos, thank you for joining us. still ahead tonight, we're going to get reaction to all of this from a member of the house intel committee. eric swalwell standing by. plus the president serves up red meat to the crowd at the nra convention in dallas. and trump says he and john kelly have a fantastic relationship. does anyone believe that, though? "the 11th hour," it is just getting started on a busy friday night. plaque psoriasis can be relentless. your plaques are always there at the worst times. constantly interrupting you with itching, burning and stinging. being this uncomfortable is unacceptable. i'm ready. tremfya® works differently for adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. with tremfya®, you can get clearer and stay clearer. in fact, most patients who saw 90% clearer skin at 28 weeks... stayed clearer through 48 weeks. tremfya® works better than humira® at providing clearer skin and more patients were symptom free with tremfya®. tremfya® may lower your ability to fight infections, and may inc
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also joining us, msnbc legal contributor danny cevallos. lots of russians, lots of ties stretching back to 2013. those who have been following this and your reporting know that's the year of the moscow miss universe pageant. put this together for us. why is alexander torshin important to this story? >> as mike put it, and we go into great length in this in the book so you can get it in more details. what we've seen over the course of the campaign, and even before, are multiple russian efforts to make contact with american conservatives and with the trump campaign. they try with george papadopoulos, with carter page, with michael flynn, and we see early here, this predating the campaign but leading into the campaign, a concerted effort by aleksandr torshin, who also represents a gun rights group in russia that doesn't really exist to do anything there, making common cause with gun rights groups in america, particularly the nra, and attending things like cpac, the annual conservative gathering. he's clearly been on a russia mission to gain in
also joining us, msnbc legal contributor danny cevallos. lots of russians, lots of ties stretching back to 2013. those who have been following this and your reporting know that's the year of the moscow miss universe pageant. put this together for us. why is alexander torshin important to this story? >> as mike put it, and we go into great length in this in the book so you can get it in more details. what we've seen over the course of the campaign, and even before, are multiple russian...
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danny cevallos is an msnbc legal analyst. marie ashavesti is a former lecturer at berkeley. paul, you've been through this from the special counsel side before. so mueller right now would like an interview with the president. we heard that maybe rudy giuliani's saying it is still not entirely impossible that would happen. the prospect apparently of a subpoena has been floated. if the president doesn't sit down. this move today to put emmitt flood in to this position on trump's legal team, what do you think that does for the prospect of a meeting and a subpoena here? >> well, mr. flood's an excellent attorney. and, frankly, any attorney who is representing president trump at this stage would, and sent political factors, counsel him not to voluntarily appear for an interview. it is all risk for him and very little benefit. i expect that would be the same advice that mr. flood would give president trump. it would be the advice i would give president trump at this point. >> from the standpoint of a prosecutor, the move then would be to issue a subpoena? >> well, that's correct.
danny cevallos is an msnbc legal analyst. marie ashavesti is a former lecturer at berkeley. paul, you've been through this from the special counsel side before. so mueller right now would like an interview with the president. we heard that maybe rudy giuliani's saying it is still not entirely impossible that would happen. the prospect apparently of a subpoena has been floated. if the president doesn't sit down. this move today to put emmitt flood in to this position on trump's legal team, what...
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danny cevallos, msnbc legal analyst. noah bookbinder, citizens for responsibility and ethics. >>> up next instead of tamping down the stormy daniels controversy, rudy giuliani is spending his first week on the job as president trump's lawyer muddying the waters around it. we're going to take a closer look at giuliani's interesting strategy after the break. you're watching msnbc. when i first came to ocean bay, what i saw was despair. i knew something had to be done. hurricane sandy really woke people up, to showing that we need to invest in this community. i knew having the right partner we could turn this place around. it was only one bank that could finance a project this difficult and this large, and that was citi. preserving affordable housing preserves communities. so we are doing their kitchens and their flooring and their lobbies and the grounds. and the beautification of their homes, giving them pride in where they live, will make this a thriving community once again. ♪ i've got a nice long life ahead. big plan
danny cevallos, msnbc legal analyst. noah bookbinder, citizens for responsibility and ethics. >>> up next instead of tamping down the stormy daniels controversy, rudy giuliani is spending his first week on the job as president trump's lawyer muddying the waters around it. we're going to take a closer look at giuliani's interesting strategy after the break. you're watching msnbc. when i first came to ocean bay, what i saw was despair. i knew something had to be done. hurricane sandy...
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. >> danny cevallos, great to have you. >>> jared kushner is out of the spotlight, why won't he be front and center? that's next. (gasp) (singsong) budget meeting! sweet. if you compare last quarter to this quarter... various: mmm. it's no wonder everything seems a little better with the creamy taste of philly, made with fresh milk and real cream. >> tech: don't wait for a chip like this to crack your whole windshield. with the creamy taste with safelite's exclusive resin, you get a strong repair that you can trust. plus, with most insurance a safelite repair is no cost to you. >> customer: really?! >> singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. copd makes it hard to breathe. so to breathe better, i go with anoro. ♪ go your own way copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "i'll go my own way, with anoro." ♪ go your own way once-daily anoro contains two medicines called bronchodilators that work together to significantly improve lung function all day and all night. anoro is not for asthma. it contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. the risk is u
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we begin with nbc's tom winter, nbc's julia ainsley, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, michael avenatt avenatti. john was also robert mueller's chief of staff at the fbi. i want to welcome all of you. julia ainsley, tom winter, you two broke this story. as this is unfolding. tom, i want to start with you. walk us through what we know. >> okay, what we know is federal investigators pursuant to a lawful court order warrant were able to wiretap the phone lines of trump personal attorney michael cohen. that this wiretap occurred several weeks before the now public search warrant that w
we begin with nbc's tom winter, nbc's julia ainsley, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, michael avenatt avenatti. john was also robert mueller's chief of staff at the fbi. i want to welcome all of you. julia ainsley, tom winter, you two broke this story. as this is unfolding. tom, i want to start with you. walk us through what we know. >> okay, what we know is federal investigators pursuant to a lawful court order warrant were able to wiretap the phone lines of trump personal attorney...
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joining me live outside the courthouse legal analyst danny cevallos. i always say this. lawyers, they won the election. what exactly is happening today? >> reporter: there are two major things going on here today. first, it's a status conference. the judge wants to know what documents have been provided to the special master, and what documents the special master is prepared to give back to the government as nonprivileged. just so we understand, the judge appointed a special master, former judge herself barbara jones as a sort of neutral third party to settle whether or not, in fact, michael cohen has a legitimate climb of privilege in the seized documents. if he does have a claim of privilege as an attorney or otherwise receiving legal advice, then he has an argument that it shouldn't be disclosed to the government and the government can't use it against him. since there's no way for the parties to resolve this, the judge appointed a neutral third party, barbara jones. the second element today is the judge is expected to address michael avenatti's request to be admitted
joining me live outside the courthouse legal analyst danny cevallos. i always say this. lawyers, they won the election. what exactly is happening today? >> reporter: there are two major things going on here today. first, it's a status conference. the judge wants to know what documents have been provided to the special master, and what documents the special master is prepared to give back to the government as nonprivileged. just so we understand, the judge appointed a special master,...
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. >> danny cevallos. thank you. >>> it was last october that those accusations against harvey weinstein became widely known. the "new york times" and "the new yorker" both publishing extensively detailed stories on the years of alleged sexual misconduct by harvey weinstein and those stories about a seemingly untouchable hollywood heavyweight launched what we now know as the me too movement. women around the world are sharing their stories of sexual harassment and assault. "time" magazine dedicated their person of the year award to what they dubbed the silence breakers. you have the legal process moving forward here. how does that interact -- what does that stay about the status of the me too movement? >> our position is to support the survivor. today watching this, i have talked to some of those whose pictures are on the wall and some who aren't his accusers, watching that happen, seeing that there is a possibility of having recourse is cathartic. to see that you can go through this process of of the' not
. >> danny cevallos. thank you. >>> it was last october that those accusations against harvey weinstein became widely known. the "new york times" and "the new yorker" both publishing extensively detailed stories on the years of alleged sexual misconduct by harvey weinstein and those stories about a seemingly untouchable hollywood heavyweight launched what we now know as the me too movement. women around the world are sharing their stories of sexual harassment...
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joining us is anna who broke the exclusive story as well as danny cevallos. i want to talk about this allegation that this happened because or maybe connected to a conversation he had with the new york times about having prescribed the president a hair growth medication. let's listen to what he said about that. >> i couldn't believe anybody was making a big deal about a drug that's to grow his hair which seemed to be so important. and it certainly is not a breach of medical trust. what's the matter with that? never in 30 years have i ever talked about donald trump without -- with anybody who didn't work in this facility. never. i was very ultra careful to lock the charts and lock the labs. >> so is that what he thinks this is that. >> yes. he does think that's what this is about. it was two days after the story broke. he was alternating between contrition. he said to me it was a mistake, and what you just saw there where he's defending himself. i think he feels defensive. he feels cut off from the president. he was his doctor for 35 years. >> this is the doct
joining us is anna who broke the exclusive story as well as danny cevallos. i want to talk about this allegation that this happened because or maybe connected to a conversation he had with the new york times about having prescribed the president a hair growth medication. let's listen to what he said about that. >> i couldn't believe anybody was making a big deal about a drug that's to grow his hair which seemed to be so important. and it certainly is not a breach of medical trust. what's...
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joining me here on set is legal analyst danny cevallos. good to see you. a lot to talk to you and it's only 5:00 a.m. talk to me about what we learned yesterday. initially it was being reported that the phones had been tapped and the story shifted to they were being monitored. talk to me about the differences in this and what took yesterday with regard to reporting on this story. >> it's easy to mix these things up. you have a spectrum of different kinds of searches when it comes to electronic devices. on the lowest end are the pen register and the trap and trace. the pen register records what's coming in in terms of phone calls and the trap and trace -- i'm sorry i have that backwards. pen register records what's going out and the trap and trace traps the calls coming in but all it does is record the phone numbers and that kind of information. >> it's as looking if you were seeing the cell phone bills. >> it is and when you keep in mind that these existed long before you could just go download your cell phone bill. this was a major development 20, 30, 40
joining me here on set is legal analyst danny cevallos. good to see you. a lot to talk to you and it's only 5:00 a.m. talk to me about what we learned yesterday. initially it was being reported that the phones had been tapped and the story shifted to they were being monitored. talk to me about the differences in this and what took yesterday with regard to reporting on this story. >> it's easy to mix these things up. you have a spectrum of different kinds of searches when it comes to...
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danny cevallos, you have been absorbing all of this. i know you have some thoughts, too. >> i do. on one hand, there are things that alan says that i can sympathize with. as a criminal defense attorney, you have to be skeptical of the government. and it is true, i mean the breadth of federal law today is such that almost anything is potentially illegal. it is illegal to send a box with dead bees without writing "dead bees" on the outside in certain sight. it is a violation of a federal law, some federal regulation. just to give you an example. and i have to say, respectfully to dan, the essence of federal prosecution is different from state prosecution in that federal prosecutors do decide in advance that somebody is committing a crime. and the essence of a title -- >> i'm sorry to cut you off, but sarah huckabee sanders is going to be addressing the press. >> -- national day of prayer. president also signed and executive order to make sure all faith-based communities have strong advocates throughout his administration. the president encourages people of all faith across the count
danny cevallos, you have been absorbing all of this. i know you have some thoughts, too. >> i do. on one hand, there are things that alan says that i can sympathize with. as a criminal defense attorney, you have to be skeptical of the government. and it is true, i mean the breadth of federal law today is such that almost anything is potentially illegal. it is illegal to send a box with dead bees without writing "dead bees" on the outside in certain sight. it is a violation of a...
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we begin with nbc's tom winter, nbc's julia ainsley, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, michael avenatt avenatti. john was also robert mueller's chief of staff at the fbi. i want to welcome all of you. julia ainsley, tom winter, you two broke this story. as this is unfolding. tom, i want to start with you. walk us through what we know. >> okay, what we know is federal investigators pursuant to a lawful court order warrant were able to wiretap the phone lines of trump personal attorney michael cohen. that this wiretap occurred several weeks before the now public search warrant that was executed here in new york several weeks ago. in addition to that, we've learned at least one phone call conversation between a line belonging to michael cohen and the white house was also intercepted. so right now, i think the key headlines, there was a wiretap associated with the search warrant in the investigation into michael cohen who is of course trump's personal attorney. the second thing we've learned is there's at least one phone conversation that was picked up on a phone line belonging to michael
we begin with nbc's tom winter, nbc's julia ainsley, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, michael avenatt avenatti. john was also robert mueller's chief of staff at the fbi. i want to welcome all of you. julia ainsley, tom winter, you two broke this story. as this is unfolding. tom, i want to start with you. walk us through what we know. >> okay, what we know is federal investigators pursuant to a lawful court order warrant were able to wiretap the phone lines of trump personal attorney...
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. >> danny cevallos. back to the legal questions, giuliani when he talked to nbc news last night said trump made 12 payments, beginning in january of 2017, in installments of $35,000 each to michael cohen and that was the money used to pay off giuliani says, unbeknownst to the president, to pay off stormy daniels. what do those payments look like to you? is that a normal relationship between a client and his attorney? does that look like a retainer to you? what is that? >> i can see giuliani's strategy. what he's trying to do is break up these payments so they don't appear so connected to $130,000 payment. after all, if trump reimbursed him dollar for dollar in one payment, that would show a real connection through circumstantial evidence. but instead, what i think giuliani is trying to do is show that instead, trump paid a certain amount every month to create this sort of pool of retainer/funds in order to pay settlements as cohen sees fit. the problem with that approach is that at least under the rules
. >> danny cevallos. back to the legal questions, giuliani when he talked to nbc news last night said trump made 12 payments, beginning in january of 2017, in installments of $35,000 each to michael cohen and that was the money used to pay off giuliani says, unbeknownst to the president, to pay off stormy daniels. what do those payments look like to you? is that a normal relationship between a client and his attorney? does that look like a retainer to you? what is that? >> i can see...